Why Huma Abedin isn't Divorcing Anthony Weiner Just Yet

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BY Maryam Khan Ansari

Why does Huma Abedin stay with Anthony Weiner? After her husband's second scandal has emerged, women (and men) across the U.S. are saying "dump the [fill-in-the-blank-with-an-expletive]!"

Is it just as easy as assuming Abedin's got battered wife syndrome, or is there more to it? Why is this powerful, strong, highly connected woman not walking away from her husband's repeated online affairs?

Abedin's marriage is no ordinary one. For starters, she is a Muslim and he is a Jew. Talk about controversial. Then, both Abedin and Weiner had powerful political careers before getting married-- Weiner as a U.S. Congressman and Abedin as the right hand for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

In 2012, after Weiner's first online indiscretions aired, Abedin stayed by his side. Now, again, she takes the podium in Weiner's defense.

Why?

Political gain

Not all marriages are marriages based on love. Some have politica motive. Could Abedin be using this scandal to create and mold her own public image?

Huma Abedin is no rookie and no naive, oppressed womah. She is a prodigy of Hillary Clinton, having worked by her side for years. And from the looks of it, Abedin is borrowing a page from the playbook of Hillary.

"Yesterday Abedin knew the decision she was making to speak on her husband’s behalf, and, it as a choice that most likely takes into account her own political future, potentially as chief of staff to the nation’s first woman president, as well as her personal future, as mother to a 20-month old, Jordan."

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